Emily and Hotch both looked at the doctor and in unison said, "what did you just say"?, he looked at them and said, when the blood was taken down to the lab an extra tube was drawn by mistake". Hotch looked at him and said, "what do you mean by mistake", he took a deep breath and said, "the tech was only doing the tests that were marked on the paper and somehow DNA testing was marked". Emily couldn't say anything, she couldn't believe that Jack was her son.
Hotch looked over at her and said, "how could you not have told me that you had a baby Emily, how were you able to keep it a secret from me all these years"?, she dropped her head and said, "when I found out I was pregnant I was devastated Hotch, I wasn't ready to have a baby and I know that there are lots of choices and I decided that it would be best for my child to be put up for adoption".
He sat there looking down at his hands listening to her talk, she sighed and continued,"I did the right thing Hotch because he got the best parents imaginable in you and Haley". She reached over and put her hand on his and said, "I had no idea that Jack was mine no idea at all, please tell me that you believe me".
He stood up and walked towards the door and said, "I still can't believe that you had a baby and didn't tell me", she got up and ran over to the door to stop him from leaving. She said, "look at me Hotch", he raised his eyes to meet hers, waiting on her to speak, she gently ran her hand down the side of his face and said, "the reason I didn't tell you was that I didn't know how".
He looked deeply into her eyes and said, "you didn't know how"?, she dropped her head and said, "no I didn't know how to tell you, I mean what do you say?, Hotch I got knocked up and wasn't mature enough to take care of myself and a child so I put him up for adoption". He reached out to touch her and she said, "I would never ever purposely hurt you, please tell me that you know that".
He sighed and said, "I know that Emily it's just that, it's just that", she looked at him and said, "it's just that what Hotch"?, he shook his head and said, "now is not the time for this discussion but I promise you that we will have this discussion just as soon as Jack is doing better". She smiled and looked at the doctor and said, "when can we see Jack"?, the doctor opened his mouth to answer and then got an emergency page, he picked up the phone and dialed the number and after a few seconds he jumped up and said, "there are some complications with your son".
Hotch said, "complications, what kind of complications"?, the doctor said, "there seems to be increased cranial pressure and swelling", Hotch then wrapped his arms around Emily and said, "what does this mean for Jack"?, he looked at them and said, "I can't answer that until I see his test results and be able to monitor his scans".
The doctor headed out the door quickly followed by Hotch and Emily, he stopped outside the door and said, "you can look through the window, but for right now I can't allow either of you to go inside, not until I can check him out". Hotch and Emily nodded their heads in agreement as the doctor pushed the door open and went inside.
They walked over to the window and watched as the doctor was monitoring Jacks machines, he was looking at his test results and consulting with several other doctors while physically monitoring Jacks condition. Emily suddenly felt like she was being watched, she turned around and saw a dark haired man standing there with a chart in his hand so she pushed that thought out of her mind.
Little did she know that he was only one of the men that was totally focused on destroying her, Hotch and Jack, she reached up and wiped away another tear as she watched the doctor monitoring his vital signs. Emily looked at Hotch and said, "I wonder when we can see him"?, Hotch pulled her tighter against him and said, "not soon enough for me".
Almost half an hour later the doctor walked out into the hall and were met instantly by Hotch and Emily who said, "how is he"?, the doctor looked at them and said, "the swelling on his brain is getting to a very critical stage and it if it doesn't start going down soon, we are gonna have to put a tube in to drain some of the fluid". Hotch wrapped his arm around Emilys shoulder and leaned in and whispered to the doctor, "may we please please see our son now"?, he nodded his head yes and hand in hand they walked inside the room.
The first sound they heard was the beeping of the heart monitor, Hotch went immediately to his son and gently put his sons hand in his as Emily walked around to the other side of the bed and leaned down and kissed his forehead and whispered, "you have to get better Jack, you have to come back to your dad and to me". Hotch reached up and wiped away the tears as they desperately slid down his cheek.
Emily looked down at her son and couldn't help but blame herself for what happened to Jack and almost like Hotch could read her mind he said, "stop blaming yourself Emily what happened to Jack wasn't your fault". She gave him her how do you do that look before dropping her eyes back down toward her son.
They stood there just holding Jacks hands and talking to him for several minutes before the heart monitor started going crazy, the room was now filled with chaos as doctors and nurses ran into the room. Hotch and Emily were quickly escorted out into the hall where they stood glued to the window to Jacks room.
They stood there helplessly watching their son fight for his life, just when it appeared that he might be trying to stabilize Hotch and Emily heard one doctor say, "HE'S CODING". Their hearts plummeted into the stomachs as they watched the defibillator paddles being put on Jacks chest, a few seconds later they heard, "CLEAR" and watched as Jacks little body was jolted off the table by the first shock.